Shibboleth
nounverified·updated May 18, 2026
a manner of speaking that is distinctive of a particular group of people, often used as a test to ensure or check someone's membership in the group; biblically, used by the Israelites to identify and kill non-Isrealites
polysemous
Classifications
Entity Type
Unknown—glossary_import_default_pending_classifier
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Sensitivity
unclassified
Information Class
unclassified
Variants
- synonym
- catchword
- plural
- Shibboleths
- possessive
- Shibboleth's
- pluralpossessive
- Shibboleths'